This comes across as a clumsy lyric in places but was an important catharsis for me at the time; not sure whether Adams' lyrical style influenced that or not! It was written when I discovered Whiskeytown's record Stranger's Almanac in the late 90s. For me this is still Ryan Adams greatest work. It shows you how a record without any particular spiritual intention can become a companion as we journey in faith. These are some of the issues I was dealing with at the time. My God was becoming bigger, my knowledge smaller; The Gospel was becoming wider, my impact less; my Calvinistic vision was becoming taller, the impact of my life becoming shorter. The faith community that birthed and nurtured me was not understanding. There might be some anger in these lines for which I apologise. There is a lot of hurt in there too. Ultimately there is a need to not get stuck but keep moving on, stumbling and tumbling with humility, honesty and authenticity after Jesus.
WHISKEYTOWN RYAN SINGS SOMETHING ABOUT
Whiskeytown Ryan sings something about
Hanging with those who are like you used to be
When we sit here over coffee
That’s how I think of you and me
And I wonder where we moved apart
I think the problem is you stayed the same
And surely if we don’t keep travelling on
We’re dead, disobedient or a healthy dose of lame
Shallow men can talk a lot
Silence is deep and needs no words
I can hear a million voices
From lives that just never get heard.
Whiskeytown Ryan sings something about
Once having it all and now just having some
And I’m thinking that ain’t no backward step
But a sign of how far you’ve come
Springsteen spoke of a twisted blessing
The less you know the more you think you do
So when you know you no longer have the knowledge
You’re getting wise to what is true
Shallow men can talk a lot
Silence is deep and needs no words
I can hear a million voices
From lives that just never get heard.
Whiskeytown Ryan sings something about
Saying it lots but only meaning it sometimes
Leaves me wondering when he got to read
The hypocrisy in this Irish boy’s rhymes
Every tomorrow must be New Year’s Day
When our yesterdays are 31st of December
Every morning brings a brand new birth
In the grace of a God who won’t even remember
Shallow men can talk a lot
Silence is deep and needs no words
I can hear a million voices
From lives that just never get heard.
'From lives that never get heard', It makes me cry, that line. How many people think that their lives just never, ever get heard?........
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